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relative

[rel-uh-tiv] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv /




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All received bonuses of at least $100 million to defect from the PGA Tour, and Rahm, a relative latecomer to LIV Golf, received a reported $300- to $500-million bonus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

This shift alters how the atoms interact with one another through dipolar exchange, which depends on their relative angles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

Semiconductors and hardware have outperformed during the rally, they say, with semiconductors hitting a new relative strength high and hardware trading near a two-year high, even as software remains weak.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

In turn, Germany was pushed to the edge of starvation, despite its relative food self-sufficiency, because Britain’s counter-blockade worsened the domestic fact that horses and farmers were sent from grainfields to the battlefields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Slavery can no longer be treated like an embarrassing relative whose face is cropped out of a family photo.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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